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Topic: Tigers

Uttarakhand forests are turning deadly for women. They’re victims of rising animal attacks

Uttarakhand forest department data show that in 2025, there were nearly 71 bear attacks in the state, leading to at least six deaths.

Karnataka’s human-animal conflict is worsening. 14 tigers, over 30 people dead in past year

A tigress was trapped Thursday in Gundlupet. Ops to capture the big cats have intensified after emergency meetings were held amid sightings reported from parts of southern Karnataka.

The tiger roars again in Sariska: Count reaches 50 nearly two decades after complete wipeout

Not a miracle but a meticulous, long-term process, one that combined ecological insight, community engagement, political will and institutional reform, say conservationists.

Ranthambore’s queen Arrowhead was an alpha tigress even through illness. ‘She lived a full life’

The reserve’s iconic tigress, T-84, breathed her last Thursday at the age of 11, after battling bone cancer for months.

‘Tiger man’ Valmik Thapar took train to Ranthambore in his 20s on a whim. It changed his life

The author & pioneer of India's tiger conservation programme passed away early Saturday in Delhi at the age of 73 after battling cancer.

182 tigers died in 2023, a 50% spike from 2022, environment ministry tells Parliament

Maharashtra & MP saw an alarming rise in tiger deaths in 2023 despite a hike in govt aid for conservation to the states. Data on confirmed causes of deaths, however, remains low.

Less stress, more cubs — how proposed ban on private vehicles in Sariska Reserve can help tigers

According to the CEC’s report, unchecked human movement in the reserve area is severely impacting breeding and increasing stress levels among tigers.

‘Tigers die, rumors fly’ – when 5 mysterious tiger deaths took Nagarhole by storm

In 'Among Tigers', conservation zoologist K Ullas Karanth recounts his fierce efforts to recover wild tigers from the brink.

New book places 3 big cats at center of climate crisis & what makes them ‘man-eaters’

Published by HarperCollins, ‘Crooked Cats: Beastly Encounters in the Anthropocene’ by Nayanika Mathur will be released on 11 October on ThePrint's Softcover.

On Camera

The influencer war that took rural creator Pujarini Pradhan global

As social media debated whether audiences were consuming Pujarini Pradhan as a symbol, The Juggernaut turned her into a story that could circulate globally, with or without her participation.

SEBI proposes return of open market share buybacks to support stocks

Regulator seeks feedback on allowing firms to repurchase shares via exchanges after tax changes, as markets reel from war-led selloff and foreign outflows.

South Korea’s Cheongung-II missile system makes its mark in West Asia war. Here’s why

UAE has been using this defence system, which is similar to America's Patriots, against Iranian missiles and unmanned aerial vehicles.

China insulated itself against energy shocks. India is ‘all talk, no walk’

China patiently invested capital, skill and technology in coal gasification. Unlike it, we won’t move from words to action. As crude prices decline, we lose interest.